FanArt: Captain Jack Sparrow

[honorat]

by Honorat
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Don't own POTC. Didn't take the photograph used for reference. Not making any money.

Summary: More Art! Everybody who can draw has drawn this picture. Just call me a lemming. The first POTC picture I drew. I already want to redraw it, but here it is for your viewing satisfaction. The inimitable CJS.




Copyright 2005. All rights reserved.
8 1/2 x 11 inches, mechanical graphite pencil on printer paper.

Comments

[hippediva.livejournal.com]

Beautiful work! Oh just lovely! Thank you so much for sharing it!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the kind words. You're welcome. Hey! Perhaps I should post my portrait of Sands on my LJ. It wouldn't fit in the POTC forums, but it's my journal! Your icon reminded me how much I like that twisted character.

[hms-dauntless.livejournal.com]

Your drawings are really excellent !
Hope in the future you will give a try to the Navy Lieutenants, too^^. A gallery of POTC characters would be a great thing.
*hopefully*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoy them. I'd love to draw the Navy Lieutenants. Do you know of a site that archives screen caps of them? I have no trouble finding no end of Jack and Will, and Elizabeth and Barbossa are somewhat available, but I'd really love large clear pictures of more of the fabulous faces of the other characters--like the Navy and the pirates. They have to be clear enough to see the eyes well or I'm sunk.

[melusina]

Stunning! This is really nicely done. . .

[honorat.livejournal.com]

The Captain is certainly stunning! Thank you for letting me know I've captured some of that.

[pinglederry.livejournal.com]

... wow. *rampant jealousy* You just... with graphite and paper.... uddd.... *flomp* *is in awe*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*Grin* Glad you liked it! "Flomp* is what I did when I saw the original photo :D . Thank you for the comment.

[galadhir.livejournal.com]

I hope you don't mind me saying this, but I prefer this to the original. Technically it's flabberghastingly good - the stitching on the leather belt! The contrasting textures of his hair and waistcoat! Amazing! But I like his face better than Johnny Depp's, it's something about the eyes - he looks more formidable, more serious, more genuinely *piratey*. Less like an actor, if you know what I mean. I almost feel that you've caught the character better than any picture from the film could. It's wonderful.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

My mother has said the same thing. It is just a little different. And you've got it in one. It's something about the eyes. The left one is accurate, but the right one is placed just a little off. I do like the picture, but it is, as you say, a little more the character than the actor. I'm glad you like it. Thanks for commenting.

[geekmama.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'm quite blown away by this one. The detail is incredible. For some reason I'm fixated on his shirt...

Beautiful work.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. *Provides cushion for blown away geek mama to land on* The Captain blows me away too! I'm glad you like the shirt. I love doing fabric folds.

[the-dala.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, that's beautiful!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

When trying to produce "a thing of beauty and a joy forever" one can hardly go wrong with Jack Sparrow as a subject. I'm glad you enjoyed this. Thank you for the compliment.

[teh-farmer.livejournal.com]

Wow, That's... *lacks the words*

*stares* Great isn't good enough a word!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I'm so glad you liked this version of the Captain--for whom words and pencils aren't good enough either.

[bohemianbeauty.livejournal.com]

wow that's awesome! it's true, a lot of people have drawn it but I happen to be favouring yours over others I've seen. i think it's because some of the arts you can tell they were directly copying an image. yours somehow seems unique. this is a gorgeous piece fanart. kudos to you!

[have you drawn other things? own a deviantart account? i'm curious to see more of your work!]

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the affirmation. I'm glad you like my version of this familiar picture. I've drawn Huge Amounts of Stuff, but I just got my scanner a couple of days ago, so the only two drawings I have on line are this one and the previous one of Elizabeth and James (http://www.livejournal.com/users/honorat/14150.html). I will be posting more art on my live journal. Perhaps I should archive the art in my Memories section under Art?

[erinya.livejournal.com]

WOW. The detail in this is exquisite. Absolutely exquisite.

I do like the fact that it is not quite Johnny, but definitely Jack. Lovely, Honorat.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Yes, alas, I was trying for Johnny, but have yet a while to go. He is quite Jack though, so I'm happy everyone likes him. And detail is definitely my thing. I love creating textures with pencil.

[jedipirate.livejournal.com]

Tis quite loverly. And much more detailed than anything I've ever been able to create.

Cheers!

(And I'd love to see your Sands drawing. Recently become obsessed with a sort of strange "pairing" involving Agent Sands and Count Rugen from the Princess Bride. =) )

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. The devil is in the details.

Now That's a OUATIM combination that never crossed my mind! Wow! Sands will be showing up this weekend.

[cymbeline.livejournal.com]

This is the first one I did as well. I love the lift you gave to his left eyebrow (screen right) it adds just a bit more attitude! You did an awesome job with the hair and the shirt :)

[honorat.livejournal.com]

It is such a lovely picture--couldn't resist, mate. Thank you. I had a hard time telling from the original photo what his hair was doing, so I'm glad it turned out okay. I do love fabric.

[captsparrow4evr.livejournal.com]

Goodness, this is fabulous! I get so jealous of you people who can draw or do beautiful manips or be otherwise fine artsy. I get all these pictures in my brain but I just have no way to put them on the paper--except with words and sometimes they are just soooo inadequate. I'm discussing a PotC fan-art contest with a couple other people--keep an eye on pirategasm for details. :)

Seriously beautiful work!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you for your kind comments. I will look for information on your contest. I'm glad you enjoyed this picture.

[order_of_chaos]

Wow! That is really, really good.
*dies*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. *Resuscitate* Breathe!

[misskass.livejournal.com]

Abuhalskds?

Sorry, incoherence is my way of saying something is excellently amazing *squees*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Incoherence is the sincerest form of flattery. I'm so glad you like this. Thank you.

[virgo-79.livejournal.com]

You are, officially, the stuff. You did this with a mechanical pencil? Hell's bells, I can't get to the end of a frickin' grocery list with one of those!

This is amazing. And I find myself agreeing with you and galadhir -- it's more the character than it is the actor, which is quite cool, actually. Or...it's like one particular facet of the character, one side or flavor of him, shining through almost to the exclusion of the others. (Okay, how much sense did that *not* make?)

To try for something slightly closer to coherence, it's like this is the JAck that the mutiny made. This captures the fighter, the man betrayed, the sharper side of him. And it *is* all in the eyes, and the set of the face. There's almost the first hint of a snarl there. It's like you've captured him while he's in the cold place he goes to to get the job done.

And the texture and shading...wow. I can't draw for crap, but I adore artwork done in pencil. When it's done well, nothing looks more alive. And this is most definitely done well, in my opinion, anyway. The life in the eyes is perfect, and the details are incredible! I love the inlay work on the gun; that's just exquisite, and for some reason I won't ever be able to explain, I love the button on the cuff.

Absolutely awesome.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

It was a 0.7mm pencil with a 2B lead rather than the standard 0.5mm HB which is thinner and more brittle. So it might outlast your grocery list!

I love what you said about this picture (you have such a talent with words). "The Jack that the mutiny made . . . while he's in the cold place he goes to get the job done." That gave me shivers. Underneath the odd mannerisms and the pretended foppishness, he's really dangerous. I'll look at this picture in a new way now. Thank you so much for the new insight and eyes to see.

Pencil is my medium more because it's uprootable and transportable and I have to draw on the run. I've always loved well-shaded work and am happy I've finally started to achieve it. Thanks for noticing the inlay and the button--the details are the fun parts.

*Blush* You'll make my head swell.

[elessil.livejournal.com]

Woohooo! Lovely!

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you much! One can't go wrong with the lovely Captain Jack.

[drbillbongo.livejournal.com]

Excellent drawing!!! *awe*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you for dropping by. I'm glad you liked the Captain in this incarnation.

[evilmissbecky.livejournal.com]

*forgets how to breathe*

Oh my God this is simply beautiful. *falls at your feet and worships*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

*blushes in embarassment* Aww shucks! You're too kind. I'm glad you like him. One can't go wrong with the lovely Captain Jack for a subject!

[black-hound.livejournal.com]

Jesus! That is just outstanding.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly. I appreciate the feedback.

[benevolentround.livejournal.com]

The eyes are perfect. You have a real gift.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. I love drawing eyes. And Captain Jack has the most beyoouutiful set!

[erinrua.livejournal.com]

What everybody else said. *G*

This ... is Captain Jack Sparrow. It may not be exactly Johnny Depp playing Jack Sparrow ... but it is absolutely Jack. As someone else said, it lends a bit of sharpness, a bit of hard, shrewd deviousness to the character that we all know lurks underneath the facade of foolishness that he employs. Crazy like a fox, indeed! :-)

Absolutely brilliant - *Memories* :-D
Cheers ~

Erin the serial art reviewer

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you again for such kind words. I'm happy everyone seems to like this version of Jack. I've finally managed an actual portrait of Johnny/Jack since I posted this one, so if you keep hunting down art here (I have saved it under My Art in Memories), you'll eventually run across it too.

Jack is indeed only mad north-north-west :D And something else entirely different on every single other point of the compass I'm afraid.

Thank you so much for the art review--from the serial art committer.

[distelhad.livejournal.com]

*is a sugery puddle of drool*

[honorat.livejournal.com]

This was my first attempt at Johnny in any of his incarnations. I'm glad it inspired drool :D Thank you.

[shadowed-nova.livejournal.com]

I just came accross this unbelievably beautiful thing months after you posted it but...oh well.

It's fantasmagorically wonderful!!! I just had to comment once I saw his hand holding the gun. I have the POTC wall calendar, and December's pic is Jack steering a ship...and I just looked at his hand on the wheel. And then I looked at your drawing. And then at the calendar. Drawing. Calendar. Drawing. Calendar.

Anyhooooo...utter perfection.

[honorat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for dropping by to comment on this. Johnny does have the loveliest hands, and they are very distinctive. I'm glad you like my attempt to capture that.